Renick returned to the major leagues in 1997 as the bench coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he stayed for four seasons. He then returned to the Montreal Expos as a coach in 2001 to rejoin old friend Felipe Alou. Alou was fired partway through the season and replaced by Jeff Torborg and then the entire coaching staff was transfered to the Florida Marlins in 2002 as part of the controversial deal in which Jeffrey Loria swapped his ownership shares in the Expos for ownership of the Florida Marlins as a prelude to the aborted contraction of the Expos.